Yearly Archives: 2023
Booksellers And Authors Sue To Block Texas Law Requiring Sexual-Content Ratings For Books
"A group of booksellers, publishers and authors filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop a new law in Texas that would require stores to...
A New(ish) Artistic Director At Smuin Contemporary Ballet
"Celia Fushille … is stepping down next year at the conclusion of the company's 30th season to hand her job to nationally acclaimed choreographer...
World’s Largest Audiobook Publisher Is Being Sold For $1 Billion
Private equity firm KKR is selling RBaudio, which it bought for a reported $500 million in 2018, to Miami investment firm H.I.G. Capital at...
English National Opera Gets An Extra £24 Million And More Time To Leave London
"The ENO will move to a base outside the capital by March 2029 – three years after originally envisaged. Before then, it will develop...
The Mindfulness Industrial Complex Can’t Do For You What Art Does
Modern mental wellness tools, like mindfulness apps and cognitive behavioral therapy, vary in approach but share a self-help strategy centered on self-surveillance. But encouraging...
What AI Writing Reveals About Good Writing
As we explore new applications for large language models and consider how well they can optimize our communication, AI challenges us to reflect on...
Is Today’s Pop Music Getting Too Simplistic?
"I think the average listeners ears are becoming more attuned to ever-greater simplicity and every-greater economy in music." - Music Radar
Hollywood Needs To Reinvent Or It Will Die
How do you decide that the content you’re producing is actually generating value? That goes back to the question that we have about how...
America’s Theatre Crisis – Why Now?
So why has our theatre field contracted so precipitously in the past few months, with casualties recorded at every kind of theatre while at...
Seattle Art Museum Director Steps Down
Amanda Cruz oversaw some of the most turbulent years in SAM’s 90-year history. - Seattle Times
The Last Of The Original World War II Monuments Men, Richard Barancik, Is Dead...
"For three months after the end of the war, Mr. Barancik, then a 21-year-old private first class, assisted in the operations of a unit...
Sinéad O’Connor Is Dead At 56
"Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O'Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame...
Experts Dismiss AI Analysis Determining Painting Is By Raphael
“I have never seen the piece in person but judging from the photograph it would appear to be a copy after Raphael. True connoisseurship relates...
So Just How Did The Bhagavad Gita Influence Robert Oppenheimer?
"He was not seeking to escape to a purely spiritual realm. He was not seeking religion. What he sought was peace of mind. The...
Seattle Repertory Theatre Hires A New Artistic Director
Dámaso RodrÃguez was artistic director at Portland’s Artists Repertory Theatre for nine years before stepping down in 2021. He co-founded Los Angeles troupe Furious...
How Dancers And Choreographers Are Using AI
"Dance artists are increasingly inspired by the generative potential of AI, whether as a choreographic tool, a topic to probe onstage, or an entryway...
French Horn Player Born With No Arms Makes His Proms Debut
He won the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award in 2016, has recorded several acclaimed albums (including his 2013 debut Reveries and a 2019 performance of...
Kevin Spacey Found Not Guilty Of Sexual Assault In London
"Kevin Spacey was acquitted of sexual assault on Wednesday after the Oscar winner’s star turn as a witness in his own defense spared him...
AI Is Remaking The $200 Billion Video Game Industry
Hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line. Yet company leaders and studio chiefs told Bloomberg News that the changes, while inevitable and...
It Costs Performers Thousands To Play The Edinburgh Fringe
A reporter talks to an independent theatre company director, a standup comedian, and an acting duo; they're spending between £7,746 (the solo comic) and...
Unprecedented: The Bayreuth Festival Is Expanding Its Repertory (By One Opera)
"The Bayreuth Festival intends to present Rienzi in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner's final 10 operas for...
How Vice Media Set Itself Up For Bankruptcy
"The digital media company Vice filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, and new documents disclosed in the proceedings offer a rare glimpse into...
At Comic-Con, “The Biggest Nerd In Congress” Announces A New “Congressional Popular Arts Caucus”...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA, and yes, he called himself "the biggest nerd in Congress") says that the caucus has attracted 20 House members, from...
Massachusetts Legislature Considers Taxing Streaming Companies To Fund Public Access TV
"The 'Act to Modernize Funding For Community Media Programming' proposes a 5% fee on digital streaming providers, based on a company's gross annual revenue...
Berklee College Of Music’s President Is Out After Unexplained Leave of Absence
Erica Muhl, who became the school's leader two years ago, went on leave abruptly last month and put her house on the market; this...
